Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to make electric vehicles accessible to consumers in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) the South West.

The Department is supporting local authorities, such as Bournemouth, to install charging infrastructure through its £381 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund. Through LEVI, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have seen £1,447,000 of capital funding and £373,000 of capability funding.

Across the South West region, local authorities have been allocated £40,102,000 capital funding and £5,440,000 capability funding through the LEVI Fund. In addition, local authorities in the South West have received £2,364,787 through the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS).